Highlights of Day 1 Keynote From Google I/O 2018

An annual festival for developers –Google I/O has started at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California with some big announcements at day 1 keynote. Seeing the announcements, AI and Google assistant seem to be the major focus of Google. Check out the details to know how.

Here is everything you should know from day 1 of Google I/O 2018 conference:

“Continued Conversation” for Natural Talk

Google is upgrading its voice assistant with a new feature called “continued conversation” enabling you to converse naturally with the Google assistant. Instead of saying the commands like “Hey Google” or “OK Google” every time, you only have to say it once. Further, Google is introducing another feature that would let you ask multiple questions within the same request.

Google Research Division Will Become “Google AI”

Google decides to rebrand its research division by giving it the touch of Artificial Intelligence. It is rebranding the research division to Google AI. This clarifies how Google is focusing on natural language processing, R&D on computer vision, and neural networks.

Google Assistant and YouTube On Smart Displays

The recent talk of Google about the Smart Displays was again in highlights. Google announced its first-ever Smart Displays to be launched in July and will be powered by Google Assistant and YouTube. There must be a contribution of some resources for making a visual-first version of Assistant.

Google Assistant to Collaborate with Google Maps

Google Maps will be more than finding directions as Google Assistant is integrating with Google Maps and this will be available on iOS and Android this summer. The intent behind this update is to give better recommendations to users.

Google News Redesigned with AI

Google is planning to exploit AI in a renewed version of Google News. The AI-enabled and redesigned news destination app will facilitate users to sustain with the news of their interest, understand the complete story, and support their trusted publishers.

New Version of TPU Machine Learning Hardware

Google is launching the third generation of its Tensor Processor Unit called Silicon. The TCU 3.0 is 8 times more powerful than last year per pod, having about 100 petaflops in performance.

Conclusion

The major focus of Google is on extending the use of AI technology in many of its aspects and this is the noteworthy fact about the day 1 keynote of Google I/O. Even Google well recognizes the potential of AI and its increasing prominence. What’s your thought about such new innovations? You can also integrate the latest technology solutions like AI or Voice assistants with your particular business. Contact us to know how you can leverage AI and other technologies.

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